FCP just started dropping frames?! at DVinfo.net

Aric Mannion · December 9th, 2007, 06:31 PM

I have a powerbook w/ 2gigs of ram and final cut 5.0.4. I haven't used it in a long time and I just went to play some of my HDV footage and it drops frames every second. I'm sure that I used to be able to use final cut, I've seen this footage a million times, but it just stopped working. I'm going to try whatever I can think of, but it's not complicated (I open the project and press play) what could have went wrong?

Peter Wittinghoff · December 15th, 2007, 10:02 AM

Could be spotlight causing problems. As I understand it, spotlight logs all your documents, even photos and film. In doing so it puts markers or tags on the material causing it to freeze or drop frames.
Spotless might be the thing for you:

http://mac.softpedia.com/progScreens...shot-9834.html

..perhaps...?

December 9th, 2007, 06:31 PM	#1
Aric Mannion Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 616	FCP just started dropping frames?! I have a powerbook w/ 2gigs of ram and final cut 5.0.4. I haven't used it in a long time and I just went to play some of my HDV footage and it drops frames every second. I'm sure that I used to be able to use final cut, I've seen this footage a million times, but it just stopped working. I'm going to try whatever I can think of, but it's not complicated (I open the project and press play) what could have went wrong?

December 15th, 2007, 10:02 AM	#2
Peter Wittinghoff New Boot Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stockholm Posts: 23	Could be spotlight causing problems. As I understand it, spotlight logs all your documents, even photos and film. In doing so it puts markers or tags on the material causing it to freeze or drop frames. Spotless might be the thing for you: http://mac.softpedia.com/progScreens...shot-9834.html ..perhaps...?